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Re-Fashion & Fizz: Festival Edition

Join us for a weekend of festival fun. Set yourself free with DJ Chica Ecstatic Dance while browsing some of the best preloved and upcycled clothing in Cambridge. Shop beautiful festival headwear and flower crowns, and handmade party lights for your festival tent. The Glitter Fairy will be on hand for glitter art make-overs.

  • 29th June 2024 - 30th June 2024
  • 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Join us onfor a weekend of festival fun. Set yourself free with DJ Chica Ecstatic Dance while browsing some of the best preloved and upcycled clothing in Cambridge. Shop beautiful festival headwear and flower crowns, and handmade party lights for your festival tent. The Glitter Fairy will be on hand for glitter art make-overs.

More about the makers and creators:

Trash Chic

Trash Chic will be bringing a carefully curated collection of pre-loved clothing to Grand Arcade. Drop in, meet Jane and explore her range of interesting, quirky and unusual garments. Affordable style on your doorstep.

Preloved Chica

An international collection of second-hand clothes from across the world including Japan, Thailand, Bali and Bahrain. Preloved Chica’s IKIGIAI, a Japanese concept representing the convergence of passion, mission and vocation, centres around her love of inspiring people to choose second-hand clothes first.

DJ Chica

Elene Marsden, a seasoned Ecstatic Dance DJ, honed her craft during a seven-month stay in Bali amid the lockdown. She began her DJ journey at the age of 65 and has since been playing gigs her local community for the past two years. With international experience in Japan, Bali, and Thailand, she eagerly anticipates showcasing her talent at the Grand Arcade in Cambridge.

Noko Designs

Handmade jewellery with a hint of bohemian style, think blue skies, sandy beaches, turquoise seas and boho vibes!Marnie’s vibrant jewellery is inspired by the countries she’s visited. She sources beads from around the world but loves to use offcuts of fabric and leather, and recycled elements to keep her products as sustainable as possible.

Tatty La La’s Fabulous Headwear

We’ll have a limited collection of unique flower crowns made from upcycled flowers and jewellery. Lightweight, robust and comfy to wear all day and all night long.

Origameg Lights

Meggy Blue spends her nights folding squares of paper into beautiful bespoke strings of origami flower lights. Alongside her ready-to-love work, she thrives on taking on a commission challenge, be it a dinky little alcove, artsy wedding or festival chill out area. Give her an idea to springboard off and she’ll happily dive into my carefully curated collection of papers to create the perfect combination of colours and patterns to suit any brief.

The Glitter Fairy

The Glitter Fairy will be on hand to make your festival outfit come alive with a dusting of sparkle. Sian uses plant based, eco friendly glitters and hypoallergenic face glue. Choose from a rainbow of beautiful colours.

Bubbly Bandits

BubblyBandits was born from a passion for sparkling wine and Italian style. They have selected some niche sparkling wines from a range of small and medium sized family-owned Italian wineries, waiting for you to try and fall in love with! From the lush, verdant hills of Veneto, the Bandits bring their delicious Durello wines to Cambridge.

Facilities

  • Air conditioned
  • Assistance dogs welcome
  • Blue badge parking
  • Car Parking
  • Cloakroom facilities
  • On site parking
  • WIFI
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